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Chain snatched off toddler's neck in Brooklyn laundromat, police say
EAST NEW YORK, Brooklyn (PIX11) -- Police are searching for a woman accused of snatching the chain off of a toddler in Brooklyn on Monday, according to officials.
A 2-year-old girl was in a laundromat at 2540 Linden Blvd. when a woman walked up and took a chain off the child's neck around 11:30 p.m. Police said the woman left the laundromat, and no one was injured.
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